EP0241694B1 - Automatische Ausgleichvorrichtung für den Werkzeug-Anpressdruck einer Reinigungsmaschine für Oberflächen - Google Patents

Automatische Ausgleichvorrichtung für den Werkzeug-Anpressdruck einer Reinigungsmaschine für Oberflächen Download PDF

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EP0241694B1
EP0241694B1 EP87103135A EP87103135A EP0241694B1 EP 0241694 B1 EP0241694 B1 EP 0241694B1 EP 87103135 A EP87103135 A EP 87103135A EP 87103135 A EP87103135 A EP 87103135A EP 0241694 B1 EP0241694 B1 EP 0241694B1
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L—DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L9/00—Details or accessories of suction cleaners, e.g. mechanical means for controlling the suction or for effecting pulsating action; Storing devices specially adapted to suction cleaners or parts thereof; Carrying-vehicles specially adapted for suction cleaners
    • A47L9/28—Installation of the electric equipment, e.g. adaptation or attachment to the suction cleaner; Controlling suction cleaners by electric means
    • A47L9/2894—Details related to signal transmission in suction cleaners
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L—DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L11/00—Machines for cleaning floors, carpets, furniture, walls, or wall coverings
    • A47L11/02—Floor surfacing or polishing machines
    • A47L11/20—Floor surfacing or polishing machines combined with vacuum cleaning devices
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L—DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L11/00—Machines for cleaning floors, carpets, furniture, walls, or wall coverings
    • A47L11/40—Parts or details of machines not provided for in groups A47L11/02 - A47L11/38, or not restricted to one of these groups, e.g. handles, arrangements of switches, skirts, buffers, levers
    • A47L11/4011—Regulation of the cleaning machine by electric means; Control systems and remote control systems therefor
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L—DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L11/00—Machines for cleaning floors, carpets, furniture, walls, or wall coverings
    • A47L11/40—Parts or details of machines not provided for in groups A47L11/02 - A47L11/38, or not restricted to one of these groups, e.g. handles, arrangements of switches, skirts, buffers, levers
    • A47L11/4052—Movement of the tools or the like perpendicular to the cleaning surface
    • A47L11/4058—Movement of the tools or the like perpendicular to the cleaning surface for adjusting the height of the tool
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L—DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L9/00—Details or accessories of suction cleaners, e.g. mechanical means for controlling the suction or for effecting pulsating action; Storing devices specially adapted to suction cleaners or parts thereof; Carrying-vehicles specially adapted for suction cleaners
    • A47L9/28—Installation of the electric equipment, e.g. adaptation or attachment to the suction cleaner; Controlling suction cleaners by electric means
    • A47L9/2805—Parameters or conditions being sensed
    • A47L9/2831—Motor parameters, e.g. motor load or speed
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L—DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L9/00—Details or accessories of suction cleaners, e.g. mechanical means for controlling the suction or for effecting pulsating action; Storing devices specially adapted to suction cleaners or parts thereof; Carrying-vehicles specially adapted for suction cleaners
    • A47L9/28—Installation of the electric equipment, e.g. adaptation or attachment to the suction cleaner; Controlling suction cleaners by electric means
    • A47L9/2836—Installation of the electric equipment, e.g. adaptation or attachment to the suction cleaner; Controlling suction cleaners by electric means characterised by the parts which are controlled
    • A47L9/2847—Surface treating elements
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L—DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L9/00—Details or accessories of suction cleaners, e.g. mechanical means for controlling the suction or for effecting pulsating action; Storing devices specially adapted to suction cleaners or parts thereof; Carrying-vehicles specially adapted for suction cleaners
    • A47L9/28—Installation of the electric equipment, e.g. adaptation or attachment to the suction cleaner; Controlling suction cleaners by electric means
    • A47L9/2857—User input or output elements for control, e.g. buttons, switches or displays
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L—DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L9/00—Details or accessories of suction cleaners, e.g. mechanical means for controlling the suction or for effecting pulsating action; Storing devices specially adapted to suction cleaners or parts thereof; Carrying-vehicles specially adapted for suction cleaners
    • A47L9/28—Installation of the electric equipment, e.g. adaptation or attachment to the suction cleaner; Controlling suction cleaners by electric means
    • A47L9/2889—Safety or protection devices or systems, e.g. for prevention of motor over-heating or for protection of the user
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E01—CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS, RAILWAYS, OR BRIDGES
    • E01H—STREET CLEANING; CLEANING OF PERMANENT WAYS; CLEANING BEACHES; DISPERSING OR PREVENTING FOG IN GENERAL CLEANING STREET OR RAILWAY FURNITURE OR TUNNEL WALLS
    • E01H1/00—Removing undesirable matter from roads or like surfaces, with or without moistening of the surface
    • E01H1/02—Brushing apparatus, e.g. with auxiliary instruments for mechanically loosening dirt
    • E01H1/05—Brushing apparatus, e.g. with auxiliary instruments for mechanically loosening dirt with driven brushes
    • E01H1/056—Brushing apparatus, e.g. with auxiliary instruments for mechanically loosening dirt with driven brushes having horizontal axes

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  • the invention pertains to a surface maintenance machine as outlined in the preamble of the main claim.
  • a machine of this type is disclosed in DE-A-2 826 133.
  • the known surface maintenance device has a rotary brush driven by a motor.
  • the bristles of the brush are said to be effective only when extending at a predetermined amount below the frame towards the surface to be treated.
  • For indicating as to whether the real amount of bristle extension meet or not the predetermined amount of the load on the brush driving motor is measured.
  • the measured value is compared with a predetermined value corresponding to the pre- determined amount of bristle extension. If the bristles are detected to extend at a more or less amount than the predetermined amount, a respective LED is activated alerting the user of the machine that the bristle extension has to be adjusted.
  • the signal produced by the motor load measurement is not used for any automatic control, and overseeing of the work of the LED's by the operator will not result in any consequent functions of the machine. This function might be acceptable for housework machines as disclosed in this publication but is unacceptable for surface maintenance machines which are also to be used professionally.
  • load measurements of the drive motor will not provide a signal adequate to the pattern of brush contact with the floor.
  • the bristles become stiffer as they wear shorter so that at the predetermined range of driven motor load the pattern of brush contact with the surface will decrease with increasing wear of the bristles.
  • DE-A-2 302 109 describes a surface maintenance device having a scraping and a polishing wheel.
  • Scraping and polishing wheels are held in opposite ends of a rocker.
  • the rocker may be turned about an axle so that one of the wheels is lifted when the other wheel is in working contact with the floor.
  • Both wheels are spring loaded, and the springs are dimensioned for applying the desired tool force. No control means are disclosed to vary this tool force and/or other working conditions of the known machine.
  • the inventive tool force compensator allows the machine to work automatically by keeping the tool force applied to the floor as well as a pattern of possibly used brushes within said limits during the complete working cycle.
  • the inventive tool force compensator will compensate for changes in the tool due to wear as well as for changes in the elevation or condition of the surface to be treated.
  • the present invention is directed to surface maintenance machines and more specifically to an automatic tool force compensator for such machines.
  • the invention will be specifically described in connection with a floor scrubbing machine, however, it should be recognized that the invention has substantially wider application.
  • the compensating means disclosed herein is also applicable to other brush type machines such as sweepers, as well as to other types of floor tools or surface maintenance tools such as pads for polishing, cleaning or burnishing; sanding drums or belts for removing worn floor coatings; and scraping tools for removing packed soilage or worn coatings.
  • the machine will be described in connection with treating a floor, other surfaces such as sidewalks, parking lots and streets could also be treated by machines utilizing the present invention.
  • the tool force compensating means disclosed is directed to controlling the force applied by the tool to the surface being treated whether it be a brush to a floor or some other type of tool to some other type of surface. Such control is required in order to attain the maximum efficiency in treating the surface.
  • a brush it is desired to maintain, to the extent practical, a certain pattern of brush contact with the floor so that the operator is aware of the degree to which the brush is applying its rotating motion to the floor.
  • the applied pattern is a function of the applied force and the stiffness of the brush bristles. The bristles become stiffer as they wear shorter, so the pattern will become narrower as the brush wears even if constant force is applied at all times.
  • a force wear compensator is a more accurate description of the invention than a pattern control, although clearly the pattern of the application tool is important in terms of operator control.
  • the force that is sensed is actually the weight of the tool. This is particularly true with a scrubbing brush. However, in other applications it may be required that a downward force, greater than the weight of the tool, be exerted on the underlying surface. This would particularly be the case in a sander or scarifying tool.
  • the invention not only provides a means for automatically compensating for tool wear, but it also compensates for varying elevations in the surface being treated.
  • Prior art machines with fixed tools have very little capacity to conform to floor variations.
  • a sweeper or scrubber using a fixed brush mounting has only the resilience of the brush bristles where they are bent by contact with the floor to provide a measure of floor conformance.
  • Other tools, such as scarifiers, when rigidly mounted may have no ability at all to conform to floor irregularities.
  • undulations and disparities are common in floors and other surfaces and a machine in which the tool can move up and down and follow such variations is far more efficient and provides a more uniform maintenance function than a tool which does not have this ability.
  • the drive motors for the brushes disclosed herein are electric.
  • the invention is equally applicable to hydraulic motors which are common in floor sweepers. Overload in an electric motor is sensed as excessive current, whereas, overload in a hydraulic motor will create excessive pressure differential across the motor. Either type of load can be sensed and a signal provided to indicate that in fact there is an overload on the motor.
  • Such motor overload can be caused not only by excessive force applied to the surface being treated, but also by changes in floor conditions. For example, a scrubber might hit a patch of sticky material such as molasses or a section of rough concrete in an otherwise smooth floor. A sweeper in a parking lot might hit a stretch of deep sand.
  • the invention as described herein provides means for sensing such an overloaded condition on the tool drive motors as well as for sensing tool wear.
  • a certain portion of the weight of the brushes and the supporting mechanism, including the brush drive motors, is actually supported on the floor.
  • the proper brush pattern or area of contact of the brushes on the floor is maintained by sensing the weight of the brushes and supporting apparatus which is carried by the floor and when that weight changes, the position of the brushes is adjusted to restore the floor supported weight to its original value.
  • the position of the brushes is adjusted by the weight of the brushes being carried by the floor so as to maintain a pre-determined area of contact by the brushes on the floor, which in turn insures that the brushes are being properly utilized to scrub or sweep the floor.
  • a vehicle is indicated generally at 10 and may have support wheels 12 and 14.
  • the vehicle may be of the type known as an automatic guided vehicle in that it follows a cable buried in the floor, but, as indicated above, the invention should not be limited to any particular type of vehicle.
  • the vehicle is a forklift truck and the scrubbing apparatus is mounted thereon and indicated generally at 16.
  • the scrubbing apparatus includes a solution tank 18, a recovery tank 20 and a scrub head assembly 22.
  • the solution is applied to the floor from tank 18 and after the brushes in the scrub head have scrubbed the floor, the solution is sucked up by a vacuum hose 24 whose nozzle 26 is positioned in a vacuum squeegee assembly 28.
  • the solution from the squeegee and the vacuum hose is passed to the recovery tank.
  • the scrub head assembly which is illustrated in more detail in Figures 2 and 3, includes a pair of counterrotating brushes 30 and 32 which are driven by a pair of brush drive motors 34 and 36.
  • An enclosed chain drive is indicated at 38 and it reduces motor speed down to a more appropriate brush speed.
  • the scrub head assembly 22 is supported by spring-loaded linkage 40, threaded rod 42, load cell 44 and threaded rod 43, which is pivotally connected at 48 to bell crank 50, the opposite end of which is pivotally connected to outwardly extending rod 52 of an electric actuator 54.
  • Linkage 40 includes a collar 41 connected to a sleeve 45 which together enclose a spring 46. It is in a free state between plates 47 and 49 which slide freely on rod 51. This is attached to the scrub head by clevis 53 and pin 55. Either a push or a pull by actuator 54 will compress spring 46 and cause it to exert a downward or upward force on the scrub head. This arrangement also allows the scrub head to move up and down if it encounters irregularities in the floor because spring 46 will yield resiliently.
  • FIG 4 a block diagram of the control circuit, user "up” and “down” switches are indicated at 60 and 62 and are available for the operator to initially set the brush application force or the area of contact between the brush and the floor.
  • Each of the switches is connected to a four- bit up-down counter 64 which in turn is connected to a ten output sequencer 66.
  • Sequencer 66 is in circuit with a display 68 which provides an indication of the brush force determined by the operator's use of the up-down switches. The operator, by operating the switches in a conventional manner, may change the set brush force and this will be shown in the display.
  • ten positions of the brush are indicated, the invention should not be so limited and the desired brush force and the degree of adjustment thereof will depend upon the size of the machine and the particular type of maintenance action scrubbing, sweeping, burnishing, polishing or whatever.
  • sequencer 66 which will be a digital representation of one of ten possible brush force applications, is connected to a variable voltage reference selector 70 which provides an analog output voltage representative of the particular brush force selected.
  • the output from selector 70 is connected to an amplifier 72 which then provides a reference voltage level to a window comparator 74.
  • a power supply is indicated at 76 and is connected to load, cell 44, with the output of the load cell being connected to an amplifier 78.
  • Amplifier 78 provides an analog voltage representative of the force applied through the load cell and this analog voltage will be compared with the reference voltage as set by the operator with up-down switches 60 and 62.
  • Window comparator 74 will provide a signal to either raise or lower the scrub head assembly, depending upon whether or not the actual brush force is above or below the window determined by the reference voltage.
  • the outputs of the comparator for up and down movement are indicated on lines 80 and 82.
  • the present invention provides a method for sensing the current in the brush drive motors and controlling it within preset limits.
  • the drive motors for the brushes are indicated at 84 and 86 and each drive motor has a current sensor indicated at 88 and 90, respectively, associated therewith.
  • the two current sensors are connected to window comparators 92, with the window of current being compared having been selected by a high current limit resistor 94 and a low current limit resistor 96.
  • each motor is compared with the reference high and low current levels as determined by the above-designated resistors and if the current drawn by either motor is outside of the window, there will be a signal from comparators 92 to ten-second delay circuits 98.
  • the delay circuits prevent transient overloads from causing a false indication that motor current is outside of the set limits.
  • the outputs of delay circuits 98 are connected to a signal processor 100 which is essentially an amplifier and will provide an amplified output of the signal resulting from the comparison of reference load current vs. actual load current.
  • integrator 102 receives the two outputs from window comparator 74.
  • Integrator 102 is connected to a current amplifier 103 which is connected to a power amplifier 105 which in turn is connected to a bi-directional actuator 107 which raises and lowers the scrub head assembly.
  • integrator 102 receives a signal from comparator 74 to either raise or lower the scrub head assembly based on a comparison of the force of the brushes being applied to the floor or a signal to either raise or lower the scrub head assembly based on a comparison of brush motor load current vs. a reference current.
  • the output from signal processor 100 is also connected to an OR gate 106 which has its output connected to a ten-second timer 108.
  • Timer 108 is connected to integrator 102.
  • OR gate 106 and timer 108 provides a signal to the integrator which prevents the integrator from functioning in response to the signal from comparator 74 for a period of ten seconds after the integrator has received a command from signal processor 100 to raise or lower the brushes. Without such a lockout, the signals from the two comparators could direct the scrub head assembly actuator to move the brushes in contrary directions. If an overload is sensed on the brush motors, the brushes will be raised and timer 108 will not permit a signal from window comparator 74 to lower the brushes for a period of ten seconds.
  • Low motor drive current can, however, be an indication that the brushes are not adequately treating a floor surface. In this instance the sensing of motor current will supplement the signal from comparator 74 indicating that the brushes should be lowered.

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1. Wartungsmaschine für Oberflächen mit einem Wartungswerkzeug (30, 32), einer Einrichtung (54,107) zum Anheben und Absenken des Oberflächenwerkzeugs (30, 32), Antriebsmitteln (84, 86) für das Werkzeug, einer Einrichtung (88, 90) zum Feststellen der Belastung der Antriebsmittel (84, 86) des Werkzeuges und zum Liefern eines dafür repräsentativen, ersten elektrischen Beiastungssignals und mit einer ersten Vergleichseinrichtung (92) zum Vergleichen des ersten Signals mit einem ersten Vergleichssignal, gekennzeichnet durch einen automatischen Werkzeugkraft-Abgleicher, der eine Einrichtung (60, 62) zum Festlegen einer Höhe einer Werkzeug-Aufbringkraft, die auf die Oberfläche aufgebracht werden soll, und zum Liefern eines dafür repräsentativen, zweiten elektrischen Vergleichssignales aufweist, durch eine Einrichtung (44) zum Messen der tatsächlichen Höhe der auf die Oberfläche aufgebrachten Werkzeug-Aufbringkraft und zum Liefern eines dafür repräsentativen, zweiten elektrischen Belastungssignals, und durch eine zweite Vergleichseinrichtung (74) zum Vergleichen der zweiten elektrischen Signale und zum davon abhängigen Betätigen der Einrichtung (54,107) zum Anheben und Absenken der Oberflächenwartungswerkzeuge (30, 32) um die gewünschte Höhe der Werkzeug-Aufbringkraft zu erzielen, wobei die Ausgabeleistung der ersten Vergleichseinrichtung (92) zum Vergleichen der ersten elektrischen Signale ebenfalls mit der Einrichtung (54, 107) zum Anheben und Absenken der Oberflächenwartungswerkzeuge (30, 32) verbunden ist und ein Betätigungssignal für diese Einrichtung liefert.
2. Maschine nach Anspruch 1 ferner dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Einrichtung (44) zum Messen der tatsächlichen Höhe der Werkzeug-Aufbringkraft eine Einrichtung zum Messen des Gewichtes der Werkzeuge (30, 32) auf der Oberfläche aufweist.
3. Maschine nach Anspruch 2, ferner dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Einrichtung (44) zum Messen der tatsächlichen Höhe der Aufbringung der Werkzeugkraft eine Lastzelle (44) aufweist.
4. Maschine nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 3, ferner gekennzeichnet durch eine Integrationseinrichtung (102) zum Kombinieren der Signale aus der ersten und zweiten Vergleichseinrichtung (92, 74), und zum Liefern eines Antriebssignals für die Einrichtung (107) zum Anheben und Absenken der Oberflächenwartungswerkzeuge (30, 32).
5. Maschine nach Anspruch 4, weiterhin dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Integrationseinrichtung (102) verhindert, daß ein Signal aus einer der Vergleichseinrichtungen (74, 92) eine Veränderung in der Werkzeugposition bewirkt, während die andere eine Veränderung in der Werkzeugposition verursacht.
6. Maschine nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 5, ferner gekennzeichnet durch und enthaltend eine Einrichtung (106, 108) zum Verhindern, daß ein Signal der zweiten Vergleichseinrichtung (74) ein Signal an die Einrichtung (107) zum Anheben und Absenken des Oberflächenwartungswerkzeuges (30, 32) während derjenigen Zeit liefert, in der die Einrichtung (107) zum Anheben und Absenken ein Antriebssignal von der ersten Vergleichseinrichtung (92) erhält.
7. Maschine nach Anspruch 6, ferner dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Einrichtung zum Verhindern eines Signals aus der zweiten Vergleichseinrichtung (74) einen Timer (108) enthält, um ein Signal aus der zweiten Vergleichseinrichtung (74) an die Einrichtung (107) zum Anheben und Absenken für ein vorbestimmtes Zeitintervall nach dem Antriebssignal aus der ersten Vergleichseinrichtung (92) zu verhindern.
8. Maschine nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 7, ferner dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die erste Vergleichseinrichtung (92) einen Bezugswert für Hochbelastung (94) und einen Bezugswert für Niedrigbelastung (96) enthält, wobei die elektrische Signalausgabe aus der ersten Vergleichseinrichtung (92) geeignet ist, im Ergebnis des Vergleichs die Oberflächenwartungswerkzeuge (30,32) entweder anzuheben oder abzusenken.
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